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TDY_Health_TwinAging[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Do lifestyle habits visibly affect how you age? Yes, according to a new study of 149 female identical twins who attended the Twin Days festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, in 2006 and 2007.<p>The research - conducted by Cleveland-area plastic surgeon Dr. Bahman Guyuron and his team - found that everyday factors like sun exposure, weight, and smoking can affect how people with identical genes look as they age.";

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TDY_Health_TwinAging[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>With this set of 60-year-old twins, the woman on the right weighs 70 pounds more than her sister, and looks younger than her twin. <p>According to internist and dermatologist Dr. Susan Taylor - who appeared on TODAY to discuss this study - gaining weight isn't the secret to finding the fountain of youth. While a few extra pounds will make your face look better, she says, you have weigh the potential benefits of weight gain against the overall harmful effects on your body.";

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TDY_Health_TwinAging[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>The twin on the right is heavier by 10 pounds, and appears to be younger-looking than her sister. <p>In the natural process of aging, we lose volume and collagen which can lead to a hollow or sunken-in appearance, says Dr. Taylor. \"If you have additional weight, then that hollow area will be filled in,\" she explains.";

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TDY_Health_TwinAging[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>The twin on the left had more sun exposure in her life and is also a smoker, and so appears more aged than her twin sister on the right.<p>\"Smoking is very harmful,\" says Dr. Taylor. \"Lots of free radicals are produced by the smoke in cigarettes and it ages you.\" <p>Dr. Taylor also cautions against too much sun exposure, which can lead to skin cancer.";

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TDY_Health_TwinAging[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>This set of 53-year-old twins appear to have aged differently because the woman on the right underwent hormone replacement therapy, and is also heavier.<p>\"Estrogen can help us look younger,\" explains Dr. Taylor. \"It helps improve the texture of the skin, and it helps decrease dryness of the skin and it helps reduces fine lines and wrinkles.\"";

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TDY_Health_TwinAging[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>With this 71-year-old set of twins, the younger-looking woman on the right also had hormone replacement therapy, and is heavier.<p>However, Dr. Taylor points out that there are pros and cons to hormone therapy and any treatment should first be discussed with a doctor.";

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